Every Man in His Humour, Ben Jonson - J. W. Lever (essay date 1971)
J. W. Lever (essay date 1971)
SOURCE: Lever, J. W. Introduction to Every Man in His Humour: A Parallel-Text Edition of the 1601 Quarto and the 1616 Folio, edited by J. W. Lever, pp. xi-xxviii. Lincoln, Neb.: University of Nebraska Press, 1971.
[In this essay, Lever offers an overview of the changes Jonson made to the original Quarto version of Every Man in His Humour.]
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On the title page of the Folio (F [the first folio of Jonson's Works, 1616]), the date of the original version of the play (Q [the quarto of 1601]) is given as 1598. This is confirmed by a letter from Toby Matthew to Dudley Carleton dated September 20, 1598, which mentions a German who lost three hundred crowns at “a new play called, Euery mans humour.” Moreover, Cob's description of Bobadilla as “that fencing Burgullion” (III.v.15, Q) recalls a Burgundian fencer, recently arrived in England, who was executed in July, 1598, for killing an officer of...
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